determinable

determinable

See also: déterminable

English

Etymology

    From determine + -able.

    Pronunciation

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    Adjective

    determinable (comparative more determinable, superlative most determinable)

    1. able to be determined or limited
    2. (law) able to be decided or settled by law
    3. (law, postpositive) Of a tenure or estate in land, able to be determined on the occurrence of some event.

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    Noun

    determinable (plural determinables)

    1. (philosophy) An attribute of something that is susceptible of determination into various states
      • 2007 September 5, David Denby, “Generating possibilities”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 141, number 2, →DOI:
        It is certainly not a Moorean fact that there could have been other determinables or combinations of determinables than those that there actually are.

    Spanish

    Etymology

    From determinar +‎ -able.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /deteɾmiˈnable/ [d̪e.t̪eɾ.miˈna.β̞le]
    • Rhymes: -able
    • Syllabification: de‧ter‧mi‧na‧ble

    Adjective

    determinable m or f (masculine and feminine plural determinables)

    1. determinable

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